BODY CLOCK is a short film made with super-talented BAFTA Connect members. Written by me, directed by Alessandro Riconda, produced by Emmeline Hartley.

Logline: When a driven architect pitches her dream project, the cross-examination of the panel suggests her ticking body clock will hamper her commitment. She dissociates from reality and finds herself in a surreal 1980s game show parallel timeline where she must wrestle with absurd ultimatums about motherhood, career, and identity before time runs out, literally.

Jade Duff, a 31-year-old architect, is on the brink of securing backing for her visionary off-grid public building. But a ticking egg timer distracts her and transports her into a garish 1980s game show. Hosted by the glamorous but sinister Fertilla Bloom, Body Clock forces Jade through humiliating rounds that pit motherhood against ambition, family duty against personal freedom, and desire against fear. With canned applause and conveyor belts of absurd choices, Jade resists playing by the rules. But when Fertilla manipulates time itself, rigging Jade’s choices, a comic and chaotic showdown erupts. Jade finally smashes the egg timer, shattering the show’s illusion and hurling herself back into her pitch meeting, where she must decide if she’s truly ready to commit to the life she’s fighting for.

Written by
Annabel Vine

Directed by
Alessandro Riconda

Produced by
Emmeline Hartley

Executive Producer
Giovanni Rotondo

Cast
Jade Duff - Emmeline Hartley
Fertilla Bloom - Maddie Rice

Crew
1st Assistant Director – Natasha Khaleeq
Floor Runner – Krutik Patel
Production Assistant – Kristal Malin
Director of Photography – Thomas Shawcroft
Camera Operator – Andrewa Calvijo
2nd Assistant Camera – Jack Henry Green
Production Sound Mixer – Alex Stroud
Boom Operator – Dionysios Tanteles
Script Supervisor – Milagros de la Torre
Hair & Makeup Designer – Faye Aydin
Costume Designer – Bobby Soutar
Production Designer – Ezer Han
Art Department Assistant – Giorgia Mazzoleni
Fight Choreographer – Stephen Louis
Unit Stills Photographer – ??
Editor – Matt Berkeley-Lobato
Colourist – Michelle Cort
Supervising Sound Editor – Tatiana Sanches
VFX/3D Supervisor – Prateek Mathur
Composer – Giovanni Rotondo

Special Thanks
Jack Mullings, Poppy Abbott, Thomas Crowhurst
Jake Goodwin, Owen Tooth, Tom Martin.